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‘Orchid’, (1985), Robert Mapplethorpe, © 2014 Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc / ‘Iris messagère des dieux’, (1891-93), Auguste Rodin, © Paris, musée Rodin, ph. C. Baraja

11 April 2014

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